---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education; updated eligibility requirements for the Dual Achievement Program; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to vocational, technical, and adult education, so as to provide updated eligibility requirements for the Dual Achievement Program; to provide for continued eligibility for students already enrolled in the program; to provide for the creation of a funding formula; to provide for policies, rules, and regulations; to repeal provisions regarding participation agreements, QBE funding, and accountability assessments for the program; to provide for continuation of the program and eliminate a provision providing for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 1293"
citation: "Georgia HB 1293 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles Martin", "Jan Jones", "Kasey Carpenter", "Robert Dickey", "Tim Fleming"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-12"
last_action: "2026-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a45f569d-cc74-4926-888d-f23252dc6479"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1f3606da6b154ce0a9264e04b3d6d0bf3895cb781ed5d75f9d155b297289417c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---

# Georgia HB 1293 (2025_26) — Education; updated eligibility requirements for the Dual Achievement Program; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to vocational, technical, and adult education, so as to provide updated eligibility requirements for the Dual Achievement Program; to provide for continued eligibility for students already enrolled in the program; to provide for the creation of a funding formula; to provide for policies, rules, and regulations; to repeal provisions regarding participation agreements, QBE funding, and accountability assessments for the program; to provide for continuation of the program and eliminate a provision providing for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB 1293/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246709.pdf)
2. **LC 61 0387/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242520.pdf)
3. **LC 61 0425S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245276.pdf)
4. **LC 61 0425S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243619.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #651 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #747 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Charles Martin — primary (person)
- Jan Jones — primary (person)
- Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
- Tim Fleming — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-02-12** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-02-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-19** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2026-03-19** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-05** Act 389 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a45f569d-cc74-4926-888d-f23252dc6479`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).